Social reaction to Taurasi’s record ranges from NBA stars to politicians

With four Olympic gold medals, three WNBA championships and a MVP honor under her belt, many already thought that Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi was the greatest women’s basketball player of all time.

After she broke the WNBA’s all-time scoring record on Sunday, it doesn’t seem like there’s much controversy surrounding that title.

The 35-year-old out of UConn entered Sunday’s game at the Los Angeles Sparks needing 14 points to surpass Tina Thompson, whose prior record of 7,488 was set in 496 career games over 17 seasons.

With a lay-up in the second quarter, she reached that 14-point mark, getting the new record in her 13th season and 377th career game.

Social media blew up after she accomplished the feat, with many NBA stars, local Valley teams and even politicians getting in on the action to reach out to Taurasi in congratulating the Mercury star.

Longtime NBA veteran Kobe Bryant was even on scene witnessing history with his family.

Game recognize game: Kobe on what he respects about Diana Taurasi’s career after she breaks the WNBA’s all-time scoring record pic.twitter.com/BxARGq8nVD

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 18, 2017

Congrats @DianaTaurasi. It's been a pleasure watching you. https://t.co/cSyHqbRPoF

— Devin Booker (@DevinBook) June 18, 2017

.@LarryFitzgerald w message to new @WNBA scoring leader @DianaTaurasi – both came to AZ as 1st Rd picks in 2004 & have remained since. pic.twitter.com/zlJX9C8Fmu

— Mark Dalton (@CardsMarkD) June 18, 2017

Yep, DT gets buckets. Any way you want em

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 18, 2017

.@KingJames salutes @DianaTaurasi for becoming the @WNBA‘s all-time leading scorer in history. #Respect pic.twitter.com/QnVpJj0PkA

— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) June 18, 2017

Congrats coming in for the GOAT from @WWE's @MojoRawleyWWE and @HEELZiggler! pic.twitter.com/73wJkgTBWR

— Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) June 18, 2017

Wow! Congrats to @DianaTaurasi on becoming the @WNBA's all-time leading scorer! #GOAT🐐 #AllAZ pic.twitter.com/l31XESkkeG

— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) June 18, 2017

Congratulations to @PhoenixMercury G @DianaTaurasi on becoming the @WNBA's all-time leading scorer! #AllAZ pic.twitter.com/DWMXCnmiGQ

— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) June 18, 2017

Congrats, @DianaTaurasi! 🐐 #AllAZ pic.twitter.com/ZjSr23BxAy

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) June 19, 2017

Congratulations to the best ever! @DianaTaurasi makes history as the @WNBA's all-time leading scorer. #GOAT pic.twitter.com/vtY5qN6xKP

— Greg Stanton (@MayorStanton) June 18, 2017

Congratulations Diana Taurasi. And she became new scoring leader in over 100 less career games than previous leader. Impressive. https://t.co/55PEyt9jCv

— Mark Brnovich (@GeneralBrnovich) June 18, 2017

Congrats to @DianaTaurasi on becoming @WNBA all-time leading scorer ! One of great competitors in any sport !! #ATTITUDE https://t.co/kXssTJ2asg

— Jay Wright (@VUCoachJWright) June 18, 2017

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